Consists of more than four thousand individual issues of twenty-nine newspapers, journals, and magazines published in Dari,
Pushto, Arabic, and English by various Afghan organizations (political and other) relating to political conditions and warfare
in Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s social and intellectual landscape is represented by the Taliban and anti-Soviet Mujaheddin groups;
the communist People’s Democratic Party; exiled loyalists to the deposed Afghan monarchy; independent humanitarians and intellectuals;
and minority political parties that emerged following the post-2001 transition toward democracy. The digital collection is
accessible in the Archives' reading room or for Stanford affiliated users at
https://apshoover.eastview.com.

Background

The collection of newspapers, journals, and magazines in Dari, Pushto, Arabic, and English represent the viewpoints of diverse
groups, including the leftist revolutionary People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, Zahir Shah-loyalists, various factions
of Afghan Mujaheddin and foreign-backed jihadists, the Taliban-led government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as well
as the Karzai regime, during a tumultuous period in the nation's history in which successive waves of foreign influence and
invasion destabilized the region, resulting in more than three decades of armed struggle.